Abstract
Frank Lloyd Wright once reportedly described design as “art with a purpose.” This description highlights a current view of design. Although the basis of design is aesthetics, design, unlike art, is also characterized by a responsibility to its users. Concern about this responsibility, and with the general topic of human-environment interactions, has prompted a wide variety of design professionals and behavioral scientists to participate in the multidisciplinary research area of environmental behavior. Within the span of a decade, this area has begun to acquire academic respectability as it formed professional organizations, founded journals, and produced many books and articles.
We would like to thank Joanne Green, R. Christopher Knight and Harold Raush for their valuable criticisms on earlier drafts of this manuscript.
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Zimring, C.M., Evans, G.W., Zube, E.H. (1978). Dynamic Space: Proxemic Research and the Design of Supportive Environments. In: Esser, A.H., Greenbie, B.B. (eds) Design for Communality and Privacy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2853-7_11
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